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Oh you know this what we need is another hibar vs lowbar thread lol. I wont read the article but here is my 2c..

Imho this sort of thing only applies to the tiny minority of ppl who can be good at either version but are trying to decide which one to focus on. If that's your problem, go ahead and research and see whatsup.

For everyone else, you'll have a natural squat form and you should just use that and get good at it and move on with life. Lucky ppl will find their natural form resembles the olympic squat, congrats. Unlucky people will find their form resembles the low bar, commiserations. 

Powerlifters will be drawn to a more lowbar style cause they can use more weight but it's been suggested using highbar in training and switching to lowbar works well for them.

Olympic lifters should use highbar because it helps more with the competitive lifts.

A lot of this is self selecting, ppl will gravitate to OL or PL depending on their build and what suits them..

I think that covers all the salient points..

So in a way, if the back is less of a limiting factor, then more work is being done by the legs, which is what we, as aspiring athletes, care about.

Truth be told, when I try high bar squats PRs, the limiting factor IS staying upright with the bar. I can't even "imagine" going down with it due to this limitation. It's not really the leg strength that is stopping me.

Thing is I've never seen a video or read of athletes doing low bar squats. Why do you think that is? I haven't even really seen the argument put out there for athletes

i low-bar squat. the bar is just more comfortable that way.

I squat low bar but my mechanics are that of a high bar. I never ever shoot my butt upwards and collapse my chest forwards, I pretty much maintain a vertical back just like in a high bar squat.

By the way, haven't been squatting in a month+, squatted low bar, got horrible quad soreness, and pretty much no glute soreness. That's why I'm choosing the hip thrust as a main lift in my program.

And regarding familiarity, people around here don't even KNOW a thing such as a "low bar squat" exists. They say "squat" and automatically mean "high bar".

If those same people who low bar with fairly vertical torso's did a high bar squat, you would see a difference I believe.  It may not be as obvious as normal low bar squatter's but the few inches of difference in the bar position, regardless of torso angle still makes a notable difference in the emphasis of muscles, and more significantly, stress on the knee from my experience.

That front squat looks great